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ReviewBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2022

Evidence on acupuncture therapies is underused in clinical practice and health policy.

Liming Lu, Yuqing Zhang, Xiaorong Tang, Shuqi Ge, Hao Wen, Jingchun Zeng, Lai Wang, Zhao Zeng, Gabriel Rada, Camila Ávila and 11 more

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Review in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 22 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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98citing papers in PubMed, 22 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 22 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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38 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Liming LuSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yuqing ZhangCEBIM (Center for Evidence Based Integrative Medicine)-Clarity Collaboration, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiaorong TangSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Shuqi GeDepartment of Rehabilitation, Zhuhai Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, ZhuHai, China.
Hao WenDepartment of Neurology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jingchun ZengDepartment of Acupuncture, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Lai WangSchool of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Zhao ZengLibrary of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Gabriel RadaCentro Evidencia UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Camila ÁvilaEpistemonikos Foundation, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
Camilo VergaraEpistemonikos Foundation, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
Yuyuan TangSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Peiming ZhangSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Rouhao ChenSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yu DongSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaojing WeiSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Wen LuoSchool of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Lin WangSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Gordon GuyattDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Chunzhi TangSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Nenggui XuSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China ngxu8018@163.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Evidence-Based MedicineHealth PolicyPatient Acceptance of Health CareAcupuncture TherapyHumansSystematic Reviews as Topic

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PMID35217525
PMCPMC8868048

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